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let me turn to the collaboration to steve mcqueen. what does he bring, what do you bring, why are you two so good together? >> i don't know. it's a chemistry thing. when we first met steve didn't like me very much. i know that. >> charlie: why didn't he like you? >> he said i was cocky. >> charlie: were you? >> i suppose i could have been. you go to so many auditions and i messed up so many of them and there's a sense of defensiveness where you show some sort of confidence or arrogance or whatever came across and it was very much to do with the material. my mother comes from the nth of ireland and my -- well, all myrish family are up there and you know there's been films in the past that are made that i think are insulting to the people up there and i wanted to make sure it was being handled right and gary david the casting director convinced him to let me come back. >> charlie: after your cocky arrogance. >> and i thought had i had a great meeting. and he was like who the hell's that guy. so when i came back and had work to do in a m
let me turn to the collaboration to steve mcqueen. what does he bring, what do you bring, why are you two so good together? >> i don't know. it's a chemistry thing. when we first met steve didn't like me very much. i know that. >> charlie: why didn't he like you? >> he said i was cocky. >> charlie: were you? >> i suppose i could have been. you go to so many auditions and i messed up so many of them and there's a sense of defensiveness where you show some sort of...
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that's very much what is trending right now. >> woodruff: steve flowers, back to you in alabama. is that a factor in your state as well that republicans are looking at mitt romney and saying maybe he's going to be the one and that's who i want to be with regardless of whether i may share more values with the other two? >> i think definitely so. alabama it's assumed we in the south are different. we are because we're more conservative. however, throughout the course of the entire campaign, whoever was hot, the flavor of the month, was hot in alabama. michelle backman was hot. then rick perry. herman cain and then santorum. it seems we are trending like the national trend although we have more evangelical voters than the rest of the country. i think what you're seeing is that a lot of republican voters not only in alabama and mississippi but also nationwide are trying to ascertain who is the best candidate to beat obama. there's a fervor among conservatives in alabama and throughout the country i feel to defeat president obama. they're voting for romney in deference to whatever whe
that's very much what is trending right now. >> woodruff: steve flowers, back to you in alabama. is that a factor in your state as well that republicans are looking at mitt romney and saying maybe he's going to be the one and that's who i want to be with regardless of whether i may share more values with the other two? >> i think definitely so. alabama it's assumed we in the south are different. we are because we're more conservative. however, throughout the course of the entire...
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steve jobs was a great salesman. there's a lot of talk about whether or not steve -- whether or not tim cook did a good job. >> as devices get smaller and smaller, is it not harder to make money from advertising because there is less screen space? >> apple still makes a hefty chunk of money off of hardware sales. it goes to the not really competing on price, and they also make a hefty chunk of money on software. they get a percentage of every atp sold, every movie, every song download -- every atp sold -- every app sold. a lot of competitors are selling hardware at a loss trying to make up the money on the software and the apps you are buying from them. >> thank you for joining us. in one more note from the tech world, facebook released third- quarter results, saying revenue has risen to 1.2 -- $1.26 billion. the social net or's numbers rose, slightly above market expectations. -- the social network's numbers rose. shares in the company had fallen some 50% since trading started on the stock market. it was seen as a m
steve jobs was a great salesman. there's a lot of talk about whether or not steve -- whether or not tim cook did a good job. >> as devices get smaller and smaller, is it not harder to make money from advertising because there is less screen space? >> apple still makes a hefty chunk of money off of hardware sales. it goes to the not really competing on price, and they also make a hefty chunk of money on software. they get a percentage of every atp sold, every movie, every song...
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you have your future steve jobs and bill gates and not from people going in at some big corporations but from going out and founding a business. microsoft was a baby business, apple was the baby business. you want to encourage more people. this administration has discouraged creating small business. to grow in the opposite direction. tavis: i do not think the administration has done enough with regard to small business. they favored big business. many of them gathered in tampa for this convention. they too often favored big business. let me go back to your first part. if you said to the american middle class or the former middle class which make up the ranks of the poor that the reason why they are not employed is because they do not have a good skill set, lots of folks would be offended. many did not downsized or slipped because their skills it was deficient, it is because a lot of greed and other things but it is not because their skills that is all of a sudden did not measure up. >> you have to approach life reim morning either as a victim or an opportunity. that is a big psycholo
you have your future steve jobs and bill gates and not from people going in at some big corporations but from going out and founding a business. microsoft was a baby business, apple was the baby business. you want to encourage more people. this administration has discouraged creating small business. to grow in the opposite direction. tavis: i do not think the administration has done enough with regard to small business. they favored big business. many of them gathered in tampa for this...
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. >> rose: it is said that steve jobs was working on television that was one of the unfinished job he was focusing on. do we have any idea to what he hoped to accomplish. >> i have no idea. obviously you have to ask the folks at apple. if i were to surmise i think he probably wants to do or did want to do to the television what he's done to other devices which is to ultimately make them simple and make them delightful in terms of being innovative and intuitive. if there is such a thing as a apple tv i think that's what it will be. >> rose: where are with a in terms of paid tv. >> we are in the paid tv industry today is a very healthy business and in a great position. >> rose: define what we mean by paid tv. >> the way i think of paid tv is different way that you pay to get a group of programs. >> rose: you pay for netflix and hbo, you pay for voodoo and all those streaming services. >> yes. and you pay for hulu plus, cable services. and really the only thing that differentiates all the services is what you get in return for a given price. and so there's the big bundle where you pay ab
. >> rose: it is said that steve jobs was working on television that was one of the unfinished job he was focusing on. do we have any idea to what he hoped to accomplish. >> i have no idea. obviously you have to ask the folks at apple. if i were to surmise i think he probably wants to do or did want to do to the television what he's done to other devices which is to ultimately make them simple and make them delightful in terms of being innovative and intuitive. if there is such a...
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i mean steve forbes did but-- . >> woodruff: but again you're referring to the tax return. >> ed tax returns, i just think it's all of a piece and i just think it's a problem. mitt romney should not be on the defensive, he's on its defensive. >> the response on bain in particular is easy but it's not politically popular, which is bain invested in companies that added jobs and expanded, invested in companies that reduced labor costs, by outsourcing, both domestic and international and invested in companies that closed and fired a lot of people. you know, that if you are disturbed by that, are you disturbed by modern capitalism. mitt romney was not a crooked businessman, he was-- this was the system that we have in many ways. but that's a tough case for any presidential candidate to make. its-- capital civil a harsh system. the problem is there are just no other good alternatives. >> what about mark's point that not releasing the returns is going to continue to be an issue? >> well, i think there is a challenge here that it's proof that the, once again that the very rich are not like y
i mean steve forbes did but-- . >> woodruff: but again you're referring to the tax return. >> ed tax returns, i just think it's all of a piece and i just think it's a problem. mitt romney should not be on the defensive, he's on its defensive. >> the response on bain in particular is easy but it's not politically popular, which is bain invested in companies that added jobs and expanded, invested in companies that reduced labor costs, by outsourcing, both domestic and...
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steve, thank you very much indeed for coming in. listening to muallem's speech, what sort of insight does it give us into the way the syrian regime is thinking right now? >> well, the foreign minister repeated almost verbatim what they called this uprising from the very beginning. they depicted it as driven by foreign elements, as a conspiracy against the syrian people, against the syrian nation, and it's a way of denying any legitimacy to the claims of the opposition and rejecting the possibility that the regime itself might have some culpability for the violence that has racked syria for the past 18 months, if not longer. so they've developed this as a way to fend off any responsibility and to shift the blame onto others. unfortunately they found support for their narrative including russia and iran and that has not got them to see things in a way more willing to talk about the possibility for change. >> also, very strong words about the u.s., which, of course, has only been providing nonlethal support to the opposition. is that y
steve, thank you very much indeed for coming in. listening to muallem's speech, what sort of insight does it give us into the way the syrian regime is thinking right now? >> well, the foreign minister repeated almost verbatim what they called this uprising from the very beginning. they depicted it as driven by foreign elements, as a conspiracy against the syrian people, against the syrian nation, and it's a way of denying any legitimacy to the claims of the opposition and rejecting the...
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. >> if that's the case, barack obama owes steve ratner an awful lot. >> yeah. >> rose: because of the bailout. >> because of the bailout. i have spent a lot of time in ohio this week, a week in ohio during my road trip. and the fact is that every-- you know, in lorraine, in lloydstown, ohio, the chevy cruz is being assembled. that factory was practically shut down three years ago, now they are running triple shifts and all of the components are made in ohio as well. it hasn't been many additional new jobs but if that hadn't happened, you know, the bottom would have fallen out. >> rose: let me ask this. where we are-- are we where we are because obama has been strong or simply because romney has never been able to get rolling? >> more the latter than the former i would say. >> the president, one-story here that is persistent that the obama people talk about, the president has a floor that is very solid and stable. and you've seen it almost throughout his presidency. at his worst moments he was in the high 30s, low 40s. now, you almost see almost no meaningful poll in a battleground sta
. >> if that's the case, barack obama owes steve ratner an awful lot. >> yeah. >> rose: because of the bailout. >> because of the bailout. i have spent a lot of time in ohio this week, a week in ohio during my road trip. and the fact is that every-- you know, in lorraine, in lloydstown, ohio, the chevy cruz is being assembled. that factory was practically shut down three years ago, now they are running triple shifts and all of the components are made in ohio as well. it...
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. >> this rundown ranch house in the suburbs of long island is still standing to to steve. a passionate coal train fan, it was steve to be staved off pulled -- coal train -- coltrane fan, it was steve who staved off bulldozers. >> to have this house standing for so long is miraculous. ♪ >> it was upstairs that nearly 50 years ago john coltrane locked himself in a room for days to compose what is perhaps his greatest masterpiece, "a love supreme." >> it is really an incredible feeling. when you are in this room, you can feel the spirit of john coltrane. >> just a few years later, stricken with liver cancer, john coltrane was taken from this house to a nearby hospital and never returned. he was just 40 when he died. his son has carried on in the family trade and looks back fondly on the years he spent on long island with his father, his late mother, alice, who was also a musician, and his brothers. >> it is my home in a lot of ways. i spent the first six years of my life there. i have many memories of that home. my father was building a studio in the basement. we used to go
. >> this rundown ranch house in the suburbs of long island is still standing to to steve. a passionate coal train fan, it was steve to be staved off pulled -- coal train -- coltrane fan, it was steve who staved off bulldozers. >> to have this house standing for so long is miraculous. ♪ >> it was upstairs that nearly 50 years ago john coltrane locked himself in a room for days to compose what is perhaps his greatest masterpiece, "a love supreme." >> it is...
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one of the things that hooked me about that story and we talked about earlier was the story of steve schmidt, are the guy who goes on 60 minutes and is the guy who was the lead proponent of putting on the ticket and says months later i wish i could go back and do it over again essentially. and i think, i'm interested in those rooms where those decisions were made and i thought that would be a compelling story. >> rose: 60 minute "60 minutea piece about the book. that was stewart that made it exciting. >> i was always fascinated about how did they get to that choice. why did they have to rush that so much. why was it kep secrete fo secreo long and then how did it feel when it seemed like a great choice for a while through those first couple speeches and how did it feel when it went off the rails a little built i thought it was a fascinating compelling story. again, there are a lot of great stories there. i just wanted something and we all talked about it too at least danny and i and hbo that could fit into a two-hour movie that would be that compelling. >> rose: what did you do danny
one of the things that hooked me about that story and we talked about earlier was the story of steve schmidt, are the guy who goes on 60 minutes and is the guy who was the lead proponent of putting on the ticket and says months later i wish i could go back and do it over again essentially. and i think, i'm interested in those rooms where those decisions were made and i thought that would be a compelling story. >> rose: 60 minute "60 minutea piece about the book. that was stewart that...
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and i really do think david's right, steve ratner did a great job but it was barack obama. and mitt romney was wrong. and this, they're still on the defensive about this, at recently as thursday night in defines, ohio, rob portman, senator from ohio and the surrogate debate substitute for president obama introduced mitt romney saying let's get this straight. mitt romney was the first guy-- barack obama took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. mitt romney was for guaranteeing loans, and they're still trying to explain it. and he's very much on the defensive. so obama is running better with whites and white males in ohio than he is elsewhere, in large part because of the auto bailout and they've got a great ground game in ohio too. >> we should emphasize it's not a slam-dunk for obama. if you look at the polls it's been a very steady two point advantage. >> uh-huh. >> in the state for obama. and one of the oddities of the race so far is that the national numbers probably a slight romney favorite right now, the state numbers like ohio, and obama favored. and i don't know too m
and i really do think david's right, steve ratner did a great job but it was barack obama. and mitt romney was wrong. and this, they're still on the defensive about this, at recently as thursday night in defines, ohio, rob portman, senator from ohio and the surrogate debate substitute for president obama introduced mitt romney saying let's get this straight. mitt romney was the first guy-- barack obama took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. mitt romney was for guaranteeing loans, and they're...
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that's how harold ford saw it, our old colleague, steve rattner now mark warner and i think there's going to be more democrats coming forward because these attacks are so unfair and misleading. >> woodruff: governor strickland, the president's focus here on economic fairness, is that a wide thing for the president to be doing in this campaign? >> absolutely! who doesn't believe in fairness? the fact is that the president has not attacked free enterprise. he's not attacked venture capitalism. he's attacked mitt romney's assertion that he should be president because he made a lot of money for himself and his investors. and the president was absolutely correct. the president's job is to look out for all americans, not just the investor class and the fact is that this president took a horrendous situation. mitt romney wants to take us back to the bush policies that led to this recession and as bill clinton said he wants to do it on steroids. we've got to move forward not backward. the president is leading. he is laying out a solid foundation and all we need now is for this congress to get beh
that's how harold ford saw it, our old colleague, steve rattner now mark warner and i think there's going to be more democrats coming forward because these attacks are so unfair and misleading. >> woodruff: governor strickland, the president's focus here on economic fairness, is that a wide thing for the president to be doing in this campaign? >> absolutely! who doesn't believe in fairness? the fact is that the president has not attacked free enterprise. he's not attacked venture...
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were, "wow, wow, oh, wow." >> i do steve jobs, timothy leery, the last breath. exactly what you said is what his sister wrote, "oh, work oh, wow, oh, wow." i act out the context. >> rose: you do? how do do you that? >> well, what did he say? oh, wow. or did he go oh, wow! >> rose: to watch the moment of death is extraordinary. i did that with my mother. every person goes through this, you're pulled by two different emotions. up to the say hold on, hold on. and the other you want to say let go, let go. you do not know what to say because you don't know what's in your head. nor do you know if they can hear you. >> i faced a loved one who was dead and i looked and i said, what have you done?" they were smaller. they had clunk. it was like death was so foreign. like where did the animation of this georgeous, brilliant, funny, sexy-- what happened to that? all of that? it was a shrunken mass that was wet and sodden and death is ugly in that way. i talk a little bit about that. >> rose: you've worked with remarkable people and just seeing "judgment at nuremburg" remin
were, "wow, wow, oh, wow." >> i do steve jobs, timothy leery, the last breath. exactly what you said is what his sister wrote, "oh, work oh, wow, oh, wow." i act out the context. >> rose: you do? how do do you that? >> well, what did he say? oh, wow. or did he go oh, wow! >> rose: to watch the moment of death is extraordinary. i did that with my mother. every person goes through this, you're pulled by two different emotions. up to the say hold on,...
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steve kingston, bbc news, staten island. >> sadness there on staten island. just a short time ago i should say that new york's mayor, michael bloomberg, has announced that the city's marathon which was due to be held this sunday has been cancelled. for more, i'm joined from new york by the bbc's ben thompson. ben, as steve was reporting, there has been a lot of controversy over whether the marathon should go ahead. what's behind this final decision? >> yeah. many people here in new york -- staten island is really still a dissenter of recovery efforts in the wake of hurricane sandy. incidentally, staten island is where the new york marathon begins every year. that marathon then passes through fire boroughs of new york city. but a lot of conservativecy here that resources should be better used to make sure that the reese cue efforts are completed and that people are back in safety. although that the facilities should be used to make sure the power is back on. still thousands of people here in new york city and beyond still do not have power. within the last few
steve kingston, bbc news, staten island. >> sadness there on staten island. just a short time ago i should say that new york's mayor, michael bloomberg, has announced that the city's marathon which was due to be held this sunday has been cancelled. for more, i'm joined from new york by the bbc's ben thompson. ben, as steve was reporting, there has been a lot of controversy over whether the marathon should go ahead. what's behind this final decision? >> yeah. many people here in new...
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louder voices who are really concerned with illegal immigration, border security, other things, the steve kings of the world, the congressman from iowa, who have loud voices on this. >> let me ask you to tackle the question that governor romney kind of posed. what took so long? he's been president for three years. the dream act got blocked in the senate some time ago. >> i think there are two sides to this, both legitimate. on the one hand president obama had a lot of priorities. he pushed all sorts of things. he has a long list of legislative achievements and this is not on that list. he never really gave a full scale effort for this. he gave one major speech and that's about it. on the other hand, they knew they needed some republican support to get this through and wean -- even when they controlled the senate with large numbers they needed some republicans. but in -- there was exactly one republican who ever said he would support it, lindsay graham of south carolina. so on the one hand you can understand the white house calculus. they were trying to push a lot of things. do you push th
louder voices who are really concerned with illegal immigration, border security, other things, the steve kings of the world, the congressman from iowa, who have loud voices on this. >> let me ask you to tackle the question that governor romney kind of posed. what took so long? he's been president for three years. the dream act got blocked in the senate some time ago. >> i think there are two sides to this, both legitimate. on the one hand president obama had a lot of priorities. he...
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that's the bottom line the other side can't answer. >> pelley: steve berman and becky anderson. thanks so much. >> woodruff: and we turn to politics, but not the presidential campaign. instead, we focus on what we're calling the "senate six." ray suarez has that. >> suarez: if republicans capture four senate seats, they'll gain control of the chamber. so, the newshour has chosen six key races to follow in the coming months, ones we think will serve as a guide to the battle for the majority this fall. and political editor christina bellantoni is here to explain which contests we've selected and why. why, christina, we should remind people that in every two-year cycle a third of the senate comes up. so out of these 33 seats coming up in the fall, how many are held by democrat and how many by republicans? >> republicans are only defending ten seats and the democrats are defending 23 seats. s which is what happens in the cycle six years after you've won a giant wave election year. in 2006 the democrats took over the senate in part because of races in some of the more traditional red
that's the bottom line the other side can't answer. >> pelley: steve berman and becky anderson. thanks so much. >> woodruff: and we turn to politics, but not the presidential campaign. instead, we focus on what we're calling the "senate six." ray suarez has that. >> suarez: if republicans capture four senate seats, they'll gain control of the chamber. so, the newshour has chosen six key races to follow in the coming months, ones we think will serve as a guide to the...
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steve kingston went to denver, colorado to find out. >> the breathtaking fall splendor of the rocky mountains. in his foothills sit the mile high city. the beating heart of a critical swing states, a state where women voters outnumber men by more than 100,000. >> my name is rebecca. i am a single mother with three teenage children. >> i am catherine. my husband is working two jobs while i stay home and take care of my 2-year-old daughter, charlotte. >> women on a budget come to this giant retailer for a no- frills convenience. the cards are used to have a corporate job. the right after she was born i was laid off we went from having a lot of money to not nearly as much money. >> bill clinton famous huizar -- famously targets of bombs. sarah palin rallied hockey mom spirit of the 2012 variation on that group could decide the outcome. that is because in elections wal-mart moms intend to make up their minds late. as rebecca cut back on spending, she wants a president who will do the same. >> we have to look at where our budget is. how do we fix it? how do we get it back on the right track? becau
steve kingston went to denver, colorado to find out. >> the breathtaking fall splendor of the rocky mountains. in his foothills sit the mile high city. the beating heart of a critical swing states, a state where women voters outnumber men by more than 100,000. >> my name is rebecca. i am a single mother with three teenage children. >> i am catherine. my husband is working two jobs while i stay home and take care of my 2-year-old daughter, charlotte. >> women on a budget...
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the president of coca-cola refreshments says the beverage company has been hiring, but steve cahillane says companies complaining about not finding qualified workers have to be prepared to do the training themselves. >> we look at people with a capacity to learn and be trained. so we don't expect anybody who comes to work for coca-cola to day one be able to dot job. of course not. but what we look for is somebody who has the desire, the passion to learn and develop and be part of our team. and you know, those people are not always easy to find. dz while we're talking about job creation new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, down 12,000 to 377,000 claims. that drop comes after four straight weeks of increased claims. tomorrow on "n.b.r." our coverage of election 2012 continues, with a look at president obama's scorecard when it comes to jobs and the economy. and hank smith is our friday "market monitor" guest, he's still bullish on the u.s. market, he's chief investment officer at haverford investments. two hot button issues in the upcoming presidential campaign are the economy
the president of coca-cola refreshments says the beverage company has been hiring, but steve cahillane says companies complaining about not finding qualified workers have to be prepared to do the training themselves. >> we look at people with a capacity to learn and be trained. so we don't expect anybody who comes to work for coca-cola to day one be able to dot job. of course not. but what we look for is somebody who has the desire, the passion to learn and develop and be part of our...
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steve jobs was fired at apple. and then he came back and changed the world. it's the genius of the american free enterprise system to harness the extraordinary creativity and talent and industry of the american people with a system that's dedicated to creating tomorrow's prosperity, not trying to redistribute today's. (cheers and applause) that's why, that's why every president since the great depression who came before the american people asking for a second term could look back at the last four years and say with satisfaction you're better off than you were four years ago. except jimmy carter. and except this president. (cheers and applause) this president can ask us to
steve jobs was fired at apple. and then he came back and changed the world. it's the genius of the american free enterprise system to harness the extraordinary creativity and talent and industry of the american people with a system that's dedicated to creating tomorrow's prosperity, not trying to redistribute today's. (cheers and applause) that's why, that's why every president since the great depression who came before the american people asking for a second term could look back at the last...
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and i think, judy, one want look at this race in texas without looking at steve's retirement in ohio. steve latourette, republican congressman, nine terms, a player on the health, respected on both sides of the aisle, a republican, close to speaker boehner. but because he strayed occasionally from the orthodoxy of his party, because he didn't raise enough money for the party coffers, he was going to be denied a leadership position and finally said, and he said in his farewell remarks, compromise what become a dirty word among my party. >> woodruff: how do you see all that? we don't know whether ted cruz is going to win. it is expected he will win in november. >> right. >> so i would say mark used the word conviction and that's the right word here this is a guy at age 13 was going to seminars and learning about hyack and-- went to prince toon, studied with robert george, a serious conservative intellectual. he goes to harvard law, then for justice rehnquist, he has come up through the ranks of the conservative intellectual machine f you want to put it that way. he has a very madisonian
and i think, judy, one want look at this race in texas without looking at steve's retirement in ohio. steve latourette, republican congressman, nine terms, a player on the health, respected on both sides of the aisle, a republican, close to speaker boehner. but because he strayed occasionally from the orthodoxy of his party, because he didn't raise enough money for the party coffers, he was going to be denied a leadership position and finally said, and he said in his farewell remarks,...
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. >> woodruff: special correspondent steve sapienza has the story of the human toll on workers in thailand's shrimp industry. >> hundreds of factories large and small will ship over 200,000 tons of shrimp to the u.s. this year. but there's a darker side to the business here. one that involves human trafficking, corruption, and violence against workers. >> warner: we look at the growing use of potent and sometimes deadly street drugs, known as bath salts, also the subject of our extensive online report today. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown explores an intriguing scrap of paper that just might show jesus was married. >> so jesus said to them-- that would be his disciples-- "my wife." it is the only extant piece of early christian literature where jesus talks about having a wife. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this
. >> woodruff: special correspondent steve sapienza has the story of the human toll on workers in thailand's shrimp industry. >> hundreds of factories large and small will ship over 200,000 tons of shrimp to the u.s. this year. but there's a darker side to the business here. one that involves human trafficking, corruption, and violence against workers. >> warner: we look at the growing use of potent and sometimes deadly street drugs, known as bath salts, also the subject of...
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. >> reporter: charisma media ceo steve strong is among other evangelicals who say they are reluctant to support romney because of his policies, not his faith. >> i have no criticism of governor romney personally other than the fact that you have to question how conservative he is by some of the things he did in massachusetts. thankfully his flip-flopping, in my opinion, was flip-flopping in the right direction. that is a factor, but for me that is more of a factor than what church he goes to. >> reporter: if not romney, who? in the south carolina vote, many evangelicals appeared to accept gingrich's argument that he is the candidate with the best chance of winning. >> we must have somebody who knows what they believe, is prepared to defend what they believe, and will do what it takes to defeat obama. >> reporter: evangelicals appear divided over whether gingrich's marital past will be a factor. >> i think newt gingrich's past is a huge issue. and it isn't so much that he could be forgiven. forgiveness is the essence of christianity and we've all been forgiven. but it shows his charac
. >> reporter: charisma media ceo steve strong is among other evangelicals who say they are reluctant to support romney because of his policies, not his faith. >> i have no criticism of governor romney personally other than the fact that you have to question how conservative he is by some of the things he did in massachusetts. thankfully his flip-flopping, in my opinion, was flip-flopping in the right direction. that is a factor, but for me that is more of a factor than what church...
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when the late steve jobs talked about thermo nuclear war, why is is steve jobs so angry about android in a samsung product? >> well, he says that android, the way android works copied all kinds of things from apple's operating system. so, for example, if you look at an apple phone and you scroll through your contacts, you'll notice when you get to the very end, say, a, it bounces back, right? and this is a little bounce. that same kind of bounce was put into the android operating system. although now in a concession to apple, they've taken it out of the samsung phone. so that's the kind of thing they're fighting over. these little things that i guess to apple... apple feels like these are the kinds of things that make their products really elegant. indeed, apple makes really elegant products. but just because apple put things together beautifully doesn't necessarily mean they're entitled to protection from the patent system. many of these things may have already been out there. people may have been doing them. they just didn't do them as well as apple the judge in this case is a forme
when the late steve jobs talked about thermo nuclear war, why is is steve jobs so angry about android in a samsung product? >> well, he says that android, the way android works copied all kinds of things from apple's operating system. so, for example, if you look at an apple phone and you scroll through your contacts, you'll notice when you get to the very end, say, a, it bounces back, right? and this is a little bounce. that same kind of bounce was put into the android operating system....
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, they both, the democrats and the republicans will be talking about the american dream as they per steve it which has been lost. both are going to try to weave that narrative as their case for office. >> whoever the republican nominee is we may have a pretty good debate, better than we have had in a while about competing visions of the american way i think al is right about democrats may be over confident but a reality of where we are right now in the president's speech to reflect that is democrats believe from the president now to rank a file democrats i talk to as i travel all believe they are going to win and largely believet because the republican field is so weak. democrats have a lot going for them if you look at the bowling data on these fights. the country overwhelmingly wants taxes to be raised as on the wealthy as part of debt deduction as a big talking point and the big thing the president will run on so he has tonight laid down the biggest marker yet about how he want the race to be fought, and he is willing to have that debate about the role of government. i think tonight he
, they both, the democrats and the republicans will be talking about the american dream as they per steve it which has been lost. both are going to try to weave that narrative as their case for office. >> whoever the republican nominee is we may have a pretty good debate, better than we have had in a while about competing visions of the american way i think al is right about democrats may be over confident but a reality of where we are right now in the president's speech to reflect that...
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then you had economic conservatives like jack kemp or steve forbes who really influenced the debate with ideas like the flat tax. you had moderates, self-professed like alexander or george h.w.bush who famously beat ronald reagan in 1980. they're gone. basically every person with the exception of ron paul in this field is trying to appeal to the social conservatives. it's a much narrower range of debate itself. >> brown: jeff, does it feel that way to you there? >> well, one thing to understand is that there are more registered independents in iowa than either democrats or republicans. i think what you're seeing in iowa is a sense that the voters are just tired of either side. so more and more of them are rushing to the middle. so that means that on the democratic caucus you're going to have partisan who are much further to the left of the spectrum. on the republican side those who skew much more to the right of the spectrum. >> brown: jeff, what about the money question that michael beschloss brought up, how it's spent, how much goes into television advertising, for example? >> there ha
then you had economic conservatives like jack kemp or steve forbes who really influenced the debate with ideas like the flat tax. you had moderates, self-professed like alexander or george h.w.bush who famously beat ronald reagan in 1980. they're gone. basically every person with the exception of ron paul in this field is trying to appeal to the social conservatives. it's a much narrower range of debate itself. >> brown: jeff, does it feel that way to you there? >> well, one thing...
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number three is a boy looks it at a picture of steve jobs and the flowers laid next to it in hong kong. fnumberour, arab spring. protesters holds a card board mbthpr teat saysr fabook. five, a university of californa davis policeman pper spys students during a sit-in. we remember that. and sir, a woman jumped from a burning building during the london riots in august. wow. how high up is she? it's not very far. the next thing, let's show you the 13 steps. these are 13 simple steps to get you through it a rough da number eight, step et.ghi be happy that are you not one of t hese people. this is a man runningw aay fomra anchsihtrit w an arrow and a caption, "not you." next one, be happy that you are not one of these people. that's great. see, it make uz laugh. >> yeah. >> rose: the next one is dogs that look like a mad man character. it it this is so good. this is really good. next one is peggy oltont plate by the elizabeth moss, look likes a beating theelt. the this is the great. itt. >> the 45 most powerful images of the year were a lot of substantive, serious things that happened in th
number three is a boy looks it at a picture of steve jobs and the flowers laid next to it in hong kong. fnumberour, arab spring. protesters holds a card board mbthpr teat saysr fabook. five, a university of californa davis policeman pper spys students during a sit-in. we remember that. and sir, a woman jumped from a burning building during the london riots in august. wow. how high up is she? it's not very far. the next thing, let's show you the 13 steps. these are 13 simple steps to get you...
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steve jobs telling publishers it was time for a new model. "you set the price," jobs told publishers, "and we get our 30%. and, yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway." apple declined our request for comment. simon and schuster, hachette and harpercollins settled with the justice department, but macmillan is fighting back. c.e.o. john sargent said changing the pricing model for e-books was the loneliest decision he ever made, adding he made it during a 4:00 a.m. workout in his basement. he called the settlement offer the justice department made "onerous." "after careful consideration, we came to the conclusion that the terms could have allowed amazon to recover the monopoly position it had been building." >> reporter: the justice department gives this plot a different twist. it says it's sending a message to the e-commerce marketplace that it won't tolerate plans to strangle new forms of competition, and the hero here appears to be amazon. >> they were the disruptive force in the market, and certainly publishers
steve jobs telling publishers it was time for a new model. "you set the price," jobs told publishers, "and we get our 30%. and, yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway." apple declined our request for comment. simon and schuster, hachette and harpercollins settled with the justice department, but macmillan is fighting back. c.e.o. john sargent said changing the pricing model for e-books was the loneliest decision he ever made, adding he made it...
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. >> reporter: steve bump has run a fireplace business in the des moines suburbs for 38 years, he knows fall is when people think about snuggling up to a warm fire, and more important for him, when they make buying decisions. >> if i'm selling romance and entertainment with my product, and i am, i don't want that customer to have all these negative thoughts in their mind about this ad that preceded me. >> reporter: bump says superpac- funded political ads are clogging up the airwaves. those campaign ads push his commercials off primetime and all his ads now cost 25% more. >> i'm probably seeing no less than 30 to 50 negative ads between 6:00 and... and 10:00, and that's watching the same channel. >> reporter: at oktoberfest in amana, iowa, tina wing has already heard too much from both sides. the campaigns also must contend with a sense of election fatigue from voters. >> i think i get calls every single day from every state across the nation. i feel like there is a voting booth for a reason, that its my business and nobody else's. >> reporter: but it won't keep the campaigns from tryin
. >> reporter: steve bump has run a fireplace business in the des moines suburbs for 38 years, he knows fall is when people think about snuggling up to a warm fire, and more important for him, when they make buying decisions. >> if i'm selling romance and entertainment with my product, and i am, i don't want that customer to have all these negative thoughts in their mind about this ad that preceded me. >> reporter: bump says superpac- funded political ads are clogging up the...
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interestingly enough, we're going to go to steve cohen from ohio, who has a machine company outside of columbus. ohio night. >> good evening. my name is steven cohen, and i am president of screen machine industries. a family owned manufacturer of construction and mining equipment located in the great buckeye state of ohio. [cheering and applause] and, yes, we did build this company. our country's nearly 30 million small businesses serve as the american backbone for job creation and product innovation, the opportunity to create new products and open new markets is the american dream. this capitalistic spirit has supported our economy since its founding. as a manufacturer, our products are the heartbeat of our business. we can't tolerate other companies stealing hard work without compensation. it can take several years and tens of thousands of dollars to achieve patent status. once granted, we expect it to be protected. our products are often stolen and copied overseas for a mere fraction of the price. all too often tariffs and unfair trade practices make it difficult for american busine
interestingly enough, we're going to go to steve cohen from ohio, who has a machine company outside of columbus. ohio night. >> good evening. my name is steven cohen, and i am president of screen machine industries. a family owned manufacturer of construction and mining equipment located in the great buckeye state of ohio. [cheering and applause] and, yes, we did build this company. our country's nearly 30 million small businesses serve as the american backbone for job creation and...
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director and cast of spider-man. 2012 the marks the an verse identify spider-man, created by stan lee and steve debt co in 1962 and made into a movie series by sam ramey 40 years later and the classic character is being rebooted with a new intirption by director marc webb. here is the trailer for the amazing spider-man. >> this life is not an easy one. i have maiden miss. i have made enemies, powerful enemies. but those i love are in danger but the one thing that has haunted me, my entire life is finding the truth about my parents. you are a wanted man peter parker. >> you don't believe what the police are saying do, you? >> my dad say50s men are looking for you. >> 500? >> that seems a bit excessive. >> if you are going to steal cars, talk to a car50 thief. who are you? >> tell us a little bit about yourself, mr. parker? what did your father do? >> i never knew my father. my parents left when i was young. >> peter one day you will understand. >> if you wanted the truth about your parents, peter, come and get it. >> ready to play god? >> there has been a biological attack on new york city. >> d
director and cast of spider-man. 2012 the marks the an verse identify spider-man, created by stan lee and steve debt co in 1962 and made into a movie series by sam ramey 40 years later and the classic character is being rebooted with a new intirption by director marc webb. here is the trailer for the amazing spider-man. >> this life is not an easy one. i have maiden miss. i have made enemies, powerful enemies. but those i love are in danger but the one thing that has haunted me, my entire...
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. >> alec's domination of arizona proved too much for state representative steve farley. >> i just want to emphasize it's fine for corporations to be involved in the process. corporations have the right to present their arguments, but they don't have the right to do it secretly. they don't have the right to lobby people and not register as lobbyists. they don't have the right to take people away on trips, convince them of it, send them back here, and then nobody has seen what's gone on and how that legislator had gotten that idea and where is it coming from. >> farley has introduced a bill to force legislators to disclose their alec ties, just as the law already requires them to do with any lobbyist. >> all i'm asking in the alec accountability act is to make sure that all of those expenses are reported as if they are lobbying expenses and all those gifts that legislators received are reported as if they're receiving gifts from lobbyists. so the public can find out and make up their own minds about who is influencing what. >> steve farley's bill has gone nowhere. alec, on the other hand
. >> alec's domination of arizona proved too much for state representative steve farley. >> i just want to emphasize it's fine for corporations to be involved in the process. corporations have the right to present their arguments, but they don't have the right to do it secretly. they don't have the right to lobby people and not register as lobbyists. they don't have the right to take people away on trips, convince them of it, send them back here, and then nobody has seen what's gone...
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chair steve king, another longtime friend and mentor, officially nominated ryan last night. he says that a secret to ryan's success has been a true passion and focus on an area that others often find arcane: the federal budget. >> has had plenty of opportunities for leadership postings. but he would say "i'm not sure it's for me, that's not my issue.
chair steve king, another longtime friend and mentor, officially nominated ryan last night. he says that a secret to ryan's success has been a true passion and focus on an area that others often find arcane: the federal budget. >> has had plenty of opportunities for leadership postings. but he would say "i'm not sure it's for me, that's not my issue.
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they don't also want, as steve mentioned, civilian control of the military. they don't want a civilian.... >> brown: they won't cede that. >> that's not likely in the short term. the third thing they don't want is economic transparency because clearly they control significant segments of the economy and they benefit from that. a deal is being talked about right now. of course not openly. that would provide these kinds of some guarantees for them to exit. of course time is running out. >> suarez: what of these raids last week on these organizations particularly american organizations? first tell people what these organizations do in egypt and why would the military go after them? >> well, the three most prominent that were raided were the national democratic institute, the international republican institute and freedom house. they are there to, one, observe the elections that are ongoing or in a prolonged election period in egypt right now and also to carry out training programs, election observing, party formation, capacity building, all those kinds of things
they don't also want, as steve mentioned, civilian control of the military. they don't want a civilian.... >> brown: they won't cede that. >> that's not likely in the short term. the third thing they don't want is economic transparency because clearly they control significant segments of the economy and they benefit from that. a deal is being talked about right now. of course not openly. that would provide these kinds of some guarantees for them to exit. of course time is running...
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steve klein also has a t.v. show on a network that is owned by a charity that we are finding linked to the film. >> brown: some of the confusion, i think-- at least for me-- there's a 13 or 14-minute video clip which people can see and clearly people are seeing. was there an actual film ever made that appeared? >> we've heard that an actual film, a feature length film screened at a theater in hollywood earlier this summer, the two people i've spoken to worked on the film say they never saw a feature length film. they've only seen what we've seen which is a 14-minute clip. but apparently only about 10 people showed up to a screening at a place called the vine theater in hollywood for a full length feature film. >> brown: do you know what law enforcement is looking for in southern california? >> i ink they're looking for this person who has gone by the name bacile and goes by many other names. i think they're pursuing also a charity group that are involved in the making of the film. >> brown: rebecca keegan of the
steve klein also has a t.v. show on a network that is owned by a charity that we are finding linked to the film. >> brown: some of the confusion, i think-- at least for me-- there's a 13 or 14-minute video clip which people can see and clearly people are seeing. was there an actual film ever made that appeared? >> we've heard that an actual film, a feature length film screened at a theater in hollywood earlier this summer, the two people i've spoken to worked on the film say they...
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he says we need a steve jobs of religion. someone who can invent not a new religion but, rather, a new way of being religious. this new way would be straightforward and unencumbered and absolutely intuitive. it would celebrate doubt, encourage experimentation, and allow one to utter the word god without embarrassment. and i must say, i thought he was describing you. >> i do think he's really onto something in suggesting that we need a new language for belief. that people find the old language inadequate. and that in some way we need to find new language that articulates this urge that's in us. it's in all of us, too. and i think poets are actually at the forefront of this. that they are finding it. that they are finding ways of articulating what we all feel. >> the critic, clive james, an australian living in london now. he was on one of my earlier broadcasts. and we talked about the subject you and i are discussing, god. let me play for you something he said. >> what kind of god would you have reinvent western civilization?
he says we need a steve jobs of religion. someone who can invent not a new religion but, rather, a new way of being religious. this new way would be straightforward and unencumbered and absolutely intuitive. it would celebrate doubt, encourage experimentation, and allow one to utter the word god without embarrassment. and i must say, i thought he was describing you. >> i do think he's really onto something in suggesting that we need a new language for belief. that people find the old...
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so people who make $20 million, $30 million, $50 million a year like mitt romney and like, you know, steve shartman or whoever it is they pay half the tax rate of a nurse or a doctor or a fireman or a teacher. and it's considered totally normal in that world. >> so they really do consider tax reform a threat? >> absolutely. i mean, every time that there's been any discussion about rolling back the carried interest tax break in particular, there's suddenly been this intense hurricane of lobbying, and it never seems to get rolled back. barack obama promised to repeal that tax break, and didn't do it. >> give us a working definition in the vernacular of carried interest. >> so basically what this means is that if you're in a -- if you work in a private equity firm, the money that you earn -- so you invest a little bit of your own money. and the gains that you make on that investment would be treated under any definition as a capital gain taxed at 15%. but you also earn money, because you are investing on behalf of all of your investors. that money that you earn, it's called carried interest.
so people who make $20 million, $30 million, $50 million a year like mitt romney and like, you know, steve shartman or whoever it is they pay half the tax rate of a nurse or a doctor or a fireman or a teacher. and it's considered totally normal in that world. >> so they really do consider tax reform a threat? >> absolutely. i mean, every time that there's been any discussion about rolling back the carried interest tax break in particular, there's suddenly been this intense hurricane...
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they might like the capitalists who build the companies, the steve jobs kind of guy, who you know where he lives. but l.b.o. guys are moving from from company to company. >> woodruff: leveraged buyout. >> leveraged buyout people and they make people feel uncomfortable. i think the whole bain issue, while i think he's right on the merites, is a political vulnerability. >> woodruff: mark, does that mean newt gingrich and rick perry have been successful, done a good job of going after him? >> i don't know if they've exploited it, judy, but there certainly is a real problem here. historically, the two parties have been products and prisoners of stereotypes. the democrats because they've been the party historically of the downtrodden, perhaps the not totally civilized people have delighted in nominating candidates for president who came from breeding-- franklin roosevelt, adlai stevenson, jack kennedy. republicans, being the party of the well-born and well-off and being seen that way, like to nominate candidates who come from humble origins, whether dwight eisenhower, richard nixon, ronald r
they might like the capitalists who build the companies, the steve jobs kind of guy, who you know where he lives. but l.b.o. guys are moving from from company to company. >> woodruff: leveraged buyout. >> leveraged buyout people and they make people feel uncomfortable. i think the whole bain issue, while i think he's right on the merites, is a political vulnerability. >> woodruff: mark, does that mean newt gingrich and rick perry have been successful, done a good job of going...
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steve jobs came in. he came up with the creative genius. he came up with the new products, and you know a dozen years later, the company is on top of the world. so, that's kind of a wonderful thing about our system, that people can get up off the floor and rise to the top again. >> brown: richard sylla and ted schadler, that's thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. >> pleasure. >> ifill: now, the second in a pair of stories about efforts to keep students from losing ground over the summer. last night, we looked at a rhode island school district's attempts to close the achievement gap between rich and poor. tonight we head across the country to seattle. a nonprofit group there runs a year-round program which aims even higher-- to college graduation. our report is part of our "american graduate" series, and we turn again to hari sreenivasan. >> as summer draws to close in a seattle, roughly 50,000 k through 12 students across the city are ending vacations and preparing to head back into classrooms but for 13-year-old mira cornelius mccl
steve jobs came in. he came up with the creative genius. he came up with the new products, and you know a dozen years later, the company is on top of the world. so, that's kind of a wonderful thing about our system, that people can get up off the floor and rise to the top again. >> brown: richard sylla and ted schadler, that's thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. >> pleasure. >> ifill: now, the second in a pair of stories about efforts to keep students from...